How Weather Works - Michael Allaby

Advantages: It's a page turner
Disadvantages: some academic patches slow the story

...and daughter constantly have, and the business of changing nappies and looking after a baby, Crichton has ensured that there are plenty of interpersonal human relationships to keep us sustained through what some might consider dry expanses of technobabble. I’d recommend this highly if you’re a fan of science fiction. Among Michael Crichton’s other works, I was interested to see, is Jurassic Park. ‘Prey’ is available from Amazon at £5.59 as I write this review. Try it and be very afraid. How will it all end for mankind?... Read review

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Advantages: very interesting and educational
Disadvantages: none

...We all listen to the weather forecasts in the morning before work and of an evening before we go to bed, and often moan when the meteorologists get it wrong. However weather is a very complex thing and unless you paid great attention during geography lessons at school or work for the met office then like myself there's probably an waful lot of things about the weather which we don't know. The book called simply 'WEATHER' from the eyewitness guides range is a fantastic book. Although primarily aimed towards school children it contains some very interesting information, and answers some key questions, ie how hot is a lightning bolt?, why are clouds different shapes?, what goes on inside a thundercloud? etc. It really is a great reference book and I guarantee that if you read it for a few minutes you'll learn something that you didn... Read review

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Advantages: A thought-provoking and charming read...
Disadvantages: It will upset people to read of the suffering...

...hole in Lucky Man and I blame Michael J. Fox for it not one jot. When he describes his wife’s reaction and support from the moment he tells her of his diagnosis right through to after his announcement she is simply angelic. She is wonderful, marvellous…one might even said saintly. Whilst it is more than possible for Fox to analyse his own limitations and weaknesses how could he equally do this to his wife and feel happy publishing it for all to read? Of course he couldn’t, and he doesn’t: so she stays the one-dimensional angelic creature that is all it is possible to paint her. I found this something of a shame but equally saw it as entirely unavoidable. So our journey takes us to his famous announcement where Fox was to be completely overwhelmed by the interest his story received around the world and the positive manner in which... Read review

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